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Show T- Obituary service to the church at a young age by teaching Primary and MIA. She also served as both ZTK Stake and Ward Primary and MIA President, was a counselor in the Ward Relief Society Presidency, and taught in all the church organizations. She and her husband Cecil were the first directors of the Branch Genealogy Library in Kanab for 17 years, now called the Family History Center. Verna Pugh Verna Holgate Pugh, age 94, passed away August 4, 2002 jn the Kane County Skilled Nursing Facility in Kanab, Utah. She was bom January 5, 1908 in Orderville, Utah to Myron A. and Margaret Esplin Holgate. Her school days were spent at Orderville, but she graduated from Dixie High in St. George, Utah. She attended two years of college at BYU. Verna married Charles Cecil Pugh on her twentieth birthday, January 5, 1928, in the Salt Lake Temple. They made their lifelong home in Kanab, where they raised their three children. She supported her husband in the sheep business, and then became right hand man to him in the ranching business, helping him round up and brand cattle each year. She loved every minute she spent on a horse. Verna was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, starting her i' - i ft' J C" ' y ' - 1 1. SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 14, 2002 Community - -' Verna enjoyed handwork and made many quilts and crochet pieces. In her later years she made a hooked rug for each child and grandchild. Her real love, next to riding horses, was her garden. She spent early and late hours of many days caring for plants until they produced, then, shared the harvest with family and friends. Verna is survived by her children Burton (Grace) Pugh of Lindon, Utah, Margaret (Mark) Moyers of Pleasanton, California, and Roger (Kathy) Pugh of Kanab, Utah; 15 grandchildren, 36 greatgrandchildren and two great-great-grandchildr- en. She was preceded in death by n her husband Cecil, Gideon Pugh, and brothers and sister Lucy H. Englestead, Grandon Holgate and Delbert great-grandso- Holgate. Silent No Longer art speaks loudly for animals at St. George Art Museum are created using many layers of oil color. Thin glazes overlap to create colors that cannot be achieved by other methods. For me the process of art making and the subject of the art I make are one and the same- - the quest for balance and harmony. Emotional colors, spontaneous lines, light from within, layers of paint that influence each other, equal Cyrus Mejia, contemporary emphasis on negative and posiartist, is one of the founders of tive space. These are some of the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. disparate elements that I His art reflects the mission of struggle to bring into balance in Best Friends, to help bring a painting. That these different about the day when every dog things can be brought into harand cat bom will have a loving mony speaks about how all life home, and there will be no more is connected. The exhibition will also feahomeless pets. This exhibit features recent ture an installation of works paintings of animals, viewed from The 575 Project, created from above, looking up at us. By by Mejia in 2001. Last year five painting their faces larger than million unwanted pets were put life and putting them up at eye to death in U.S. shelters. Thats level, Mejia brings a view thats 13,800 every day, 575 dogs and often overlooked, sharply into cats killed every hour. In the trafocus. dition of the Holocaust Museum of New and the Aids Quilt, each piece Cyrus Mejia is a native Orleans, Louisiana. After study- in the 575 Project is a memorial ing art at Hinds Community to the 575 unwanted pets that College in Raymond, Missis- were euthanized each hour last sippi, Mejia spent several years year. abroad studying and learning Mejia currently lives in Kanab about life. with his wife Anne and their In 1971, a chance visit to a research laboratory in London, England turned into a life changing experience. I was so shocked and moved by what I saw, that I had no choice but to try and help animals in any way The St. George Art Museum is proud to present Silent No Longer by Kanab artist Cyrus Mejia. The community is invited to visit this insightful exhibit 4, 2002 in August Museums the Legacy Gallery, located 47 East 200 North, St. George, Utah. A reception will be held 9 p.m. on Friday, August 23, 2002. 16-Octob- er 6-- family of dogs and cats. Mejias work can be found in public and private collections across the country. Silent No Longer is an exhibi- tion opportunity which was awarded to Mejia through the St. George Art Museums Call for Proposals process, an annual juried review by five mem- bers of the Museums Exhibition Committee. In this format, local and regional artists present their exhibition ideas through slides and written proposals. After review, those accepted are invited to exhibit at the St. George Art Museum. Generally six exhibitions a year at the St. George Art Museum reflect the talents and pursuits of local and regional fine artists. Silent No Longer opens Friday, August 16 and continues to be on display through October 4, 2002 in the St. George Art Museum where admission is free. The public is invited to the opening reception Friday, August 23 from 6- -9 pm., at the St George Art Museum, 47 East 200 North, St George, UT. Museum hours are: Mon 11-Fri 11-- Sat. 11-closed Sunday and holidays. 6-- 8; 6; 8; Tu-Th- ur 6; Funeral services were held on Friday, August 9, 2002 in the Kanab Utah Stake Center, with burial in the Kanab Cemetery under the direction of Mosdell that I could. In 1984, Mejia and his wife Mortuary. Anne were among a group of animal lovers who founded Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah. From small beginnings Best Friends has become f the nations largest sanctuary for abandoned pets. Best 5 Excellent Service Free Estimates New Show Room - In Business for 7 Years -Call CHRIS orVALEEN 6 6 or (435) (435) 625 N. 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From his sacred place paintings of the 1980s, to his symbolic paintings with ravens and Pictured above is a piece in Cyrus Mejia 's Silent No Longer" art exhibit at the cats, to his current work, Mejias St George Museum. The exhibit will be on display from August 16 through art gives voice to issues of com- October . 4, 2002 in the museums Legacy Gallery. passion and kindness. Of his work, Mejia states, The painting process fills me with a sense of awe. From concept to composition, out of chaos into harmony I become immersed. The doing of it connects me to the circle of life. The animals that appear in my Army National Guard Pvt. sion systems, internal combuswork know only this Bryce J . Edmonds has gradu- tion engines and power trains, circle. We humans perceive our- ated from the light-whewheel-hu- b veassemblies, hydrauselves as being outside and hicle mechanic advanced in- lic brake and steering systems, alone. If there is a message in dividual training (AIT) course and operate a wheeled vehicle is work we it at each that Fort my are, Jackson, Columbia, crane, hoist and winch assemone of us, connected to the circle. S.C. blies. We belong. But we also share The student was trained to Edmonds is the son of Susan for the balance responsibility perform maintenance, trouble- and Artie Edmonds of Kanab, and harmony of the whole pic- shoot, and repair wheeled ve- Utah. hicles and related mechanical ture. The private is a 2000 graduThe paintings by Cyrus Mejia components, including suspen ate of Kanab High School. o un-brok- en el |